As of February 1st, OPOs are required to label the extra vessels container with the donor’s recovery date, ABO, infectious disease results, the UNOS Donor ID, and the container’s contents, in addition to the OPTN contractor’s standardized vessel label that must be affixed to the outermost barrier.

Transplant centers must store extra vessels in a rigid, sterile, sealed container that is protected by a triple sterile barrier (one of which must be the rigid container). You must label the rigid container with the donor’s recovery date, ABO, ABO subtype when used for allocation, infectious disease results, the UNOS Donor ID, and the container’s contents, in addition to the OPTN contractor’s standardized vessel label which must be affixed to the outermost barrier. If you remove the vessels from the triple sterile barrier, you must re-label the vessels before storing them.